Advertising device



1. Z. HANSON.

ADVERHSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5. 1919.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

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A T TORNE Y8 JOHN ZAGIOUS HANSON, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

Application filed June 5, 1919. Serial No. 301,980.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN Z. TTANSON, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Fort lVcrth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,have invented a new and Improved Advertising Device, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an advertising device which may be placed onstreet corners and may incorporate certain elements of constructionwhereby the same might be adaptel to various forms of advertising aswell as to uses independent of its use as a device for advertising.

Another object of this invention is the provision of an advertisingdevice which shall be capable of serving a waste receptacle and shallnot occupy more space than is employed at the present time forreceptacles of this nature although the same in corporates conspicuousadvertising.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a removableadvertising holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder which may haveadvertising displayed on both sides of it and which holder may bereversed so asv to present either side.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a holder foran advertisement, which holder may be capable of being adjusted so as toaccommodate itself to various sizes of placards which might be appliedto the same.

A final object of the invention is to provide a device of theaforementioned nature in which the individual advertisements may beremovably held by the advertising holder and readily removed therefromand replaced.

Having these objects in view reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings which illustrate one practical embodiment of my invention, andin which Figure 1 is an elevational view of my device;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail plan view of my device illustrated in Fig.1; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of my removableadvertising holder, the broken away portion disclosing theindividually-adjustable advertising holders which are carried thereby.

In these various views, like reference numerals designate similar parts,and the reference numeral 1 indicates the side walls of the advertisingdevice which inclose a space between them adapted to serve as areceptacle for waste material. The longitudinal side edges of the walls1 are bent outwardly at right angles to the main portions of the walls1, as indicated by the reference numeral 2, and then inwardly at rightangles to the outwardly-bent portions 2 and parallel to the body portionof the side walls 1, as indicated by the reference numeral 3.

Corner posts l, having their lower ends terminating in supporting legs5, serve to join the side walls together by having their longitudinalside edges bent inwardly at right angles to the faces of the cornerposts 4, as indicated by the reference numeral 6, and, subsequently,again inwardly, as indicated at 7, parallel to the face of the cornerposts 4:.

As will be not-en, the inwardly bent longitudinal edges of the cornerposts envelop and retain the inwardly-bent edges of the side walls'l,and a space, such as 8, is provided for between the outer face of theinwardly-bent edges of the corner posts and the outer face of the sidewall 1, for a purpose hereinafter more fully specified.

The advertisement holder, including a plate 9 having its uppermost edgebent outwardly, as indicated by the reference numeral 10, side ed es 11and lowermost edge 12 bent inwardly and spaced from the face of theplate 9, is adapted to have its longitudinal side edges projecting intothe space 8. A series of individually adjustable advertisement holdersare mounted upon the plate 9 and retained in applied position by meansof having their outer ends engaging within the guideways formed by meansof the side edges 11 of such plate. These individually-adjustableholders preferably include a single sheet of material which is bent soas to be rail shape in cross section, as indicated by the referencenumeral 13, it being noted that by virtue of such railshaped form,spaces, such as 14-, are formed, for a purpose hereinafter specified.

In practice it will now be seen that individual advertisements may beinserted between the individually-adjustable advertisement holders 13,and the side edges of such advertisements may be retained in appliedposition by virtue of their projecting into the spaces 14. As will bereadily apparent,

advertisements of any width may be retained in proper position by virtueof the fact that the individual holders are adjustable independently ofone another, so that for smaller advertising strips a greater number ofthese holders might be applied to the plate 9; and if larger advertisingstrips were desired, some oil these holders might be removed.

Should it be desired to display a single advertisement on the plate 9,it will be readily apparent that this may be accomplished by withdrawingthe plate, by means of the outwardly-bent upper edge 10 of the same,from the space serving as a guide, reversing the advertisement holderand reinserting the same so that the plain face of the plate 9 would bepresented to view, and then a poster of any suitable size may be appliedto the space.

It will be appreciated that I may construct this device of any suitablematerial,

but I preferably form the same of sheet metal. Also, besides its utilityof serving as a receptacle for waste materials and as an advertisingdevice, the same can be readily adapted for use as a street indicator,by means of applying strips, such as indicated by the reference numeral15, between the upper ends of the corner posts 4;, the names of thestreets being printed on such strips in the usual manner.

It is to be understood that any number of modifications oi'-construction may be resorted to without in the least departing from thescope of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to claim:

1. A11 advertising device, including a receptacle, advertisement holdersremovably secured to the sides of such receptacle, each advertisementholder including a single sheet of material having its lower andlongitudinal side edges bent inwardly and spaced from its body portion,and individually-zuljustable advertisement holders applied to saidholder and having their outermost ends projecting between the inturnedlongitudinal edges and body portion of the sheet of material forming theholder.

An advertising device, including a re ceptacle, advertisement holdersremovably secured to the sides of such receptacle, each advertisementholder including a single sheet of material having its lower andlongitudinal side edges bent inwardly and spaced from its body portion,its upper edge being bent outwardly so as to form a hand grip, andindividually-adjustablc advertisement holders applied to such holder andhaving their outermost ends projecting between the inturned longitudinaledges and body portion of the sheet of material forming the holder.

3. An advertising device, including a r ccptacle, advertisement holdersremovably secured to the sides of such receptacle, said advertisementholders including a single sheet of material having its lower andlongitudinal side edges bent inwardly and spaced from its body portion,and individually-adjustable holders applied to said holder, said holderscomprising a rail-shaped sheet of material and having their outermostends projecting between tie inwardlybent longitudinal edges or theholder and the body portion thereof.

l. An advertising device, including a re ceptacle comprising side wallshaving their longitudinal edges bent inwardly and spaced from the bodyportion of said side walls, corner posts, securing such side walls together, having their longitudinal edges bent inwardly and spaced fromtheir body portions and enveloping the inwardly bent edges of the sidewalls whereby to retain them in po: tron, and removable advertisementholders applied to such side walls.

JOHN ZACIOUS HANSON.

